{"id":974045,"date":"2019-12-13T07:56:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T14:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=926664"},"modified":"2019-12-13T07:56:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T14:56:06","slug":"gary-clark-jr-recruits-andra-day-for-new-version-of-pearl-cadillac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/gary-clark-jr-recruits-andra-day-for-new-version-of-pearl-cadillac\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Clark Jr. Recruits Andra Day for New Version of \u2018Pearl Cadillac\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/10441617at.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Gary Clark Jr. has updated \u201cPearl Cadillac\u201d \u2014 a standout single from the guitarist\u2019s 2019 LP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-album-reviews\/gary-clark-jr-this-land-review-799001\/\"><em>This Land<\/em><\/a><em> \u2014<\/em>&nbsp;with a new version featuring singer Andra Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The refurbished rendition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/gary-clark-jr-snl-795928\/\">the Prince-inspired song<\/a> finds Clark Jr. and Day trading verses, with Day\u2019s Grammy-nominated vocals tempering Clark Jr.\u2019s falsetto. The two artists became friends years ago after playing shows together, Warner Records noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The new version of \u201cPearl Cadillac\u201d also streamlines <em>This Land<\/em>\u2019s original take, shaving off 90 seconds to focus on the track\u2019s vocals as opposed to Clark Jr.\u2019s guitar work; his live performances of \u201cPearl Cadillac\u201d have stretched out to eight minutes long.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As reported when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/gary-clark-jr-pearl-cadillac-video-887792\/\">\u201cPearl Cadillac\u201d music video<\/a> debuted in September, the song is inspired by Clark Jr.\u2019s mother, the long-time owner of a pearl Cadillac Deville.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Clark Jr. is nominated for four Grammy Awards in 2020: Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song and Best Music Video for \u201cThis Land,\u201d while <em>This Land<\/em> is up for Best Contemporary Blues Album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/gary-clark-jr-andra-day-pearl-cadillac-926664\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Clark Jr. has updated \u201cPearl Cadillac\u201d \u2014 a standout single from the guitarist\u2019s 2019 LP This Land \u2014&nbsp;with a new version featuring singer Andra Day. The refurbished rendition of the Prince-inspired song finds Clark Jr. and Day trading verses, with Day\u2019s Grammy-nominated vocals tempering Clark Jr.\u2019s falsetto. The two artists became friends years ago [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-974045","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 05:26:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KFMU Solar Powered Radio","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=974045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/974045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=974045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=974045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=974045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}